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Khirbet Qumran is one of the best known and certainly most disputed archaeological sites in the ancient Mediterranean, visited by thousands of tourists every year and covered by numerous books and articles. The book by Robert R. Cargill is based on the author’s 2008 UCLA dissertation. In it, the author pursues two goals. The first is “the development of a methodology for the reconstruction of archaeological remains in virtual reality, and a means by which to test competing proposed reconstructions in a real-time environment.” The second aim is “to present an examination of the site of Qumran using this new digital methodology” (xxi). What came out sometimes indeed reads like “a highly technical book,” as the author says himself, but one that is worthwhile reading thanks to its often detailed archaeological argumentation and its seventy illustrations (produced by the author and Jennifer Dillon). Although these printed illustrations are very helpful, visiting the accompanying website www.virtualqumran.com is highly recommended. Let me start with methodological matters. According to Cargill, digital modeling is ideal to visualize available archaeological data and it allows one to take account of varying archaeological interpretations through “data switches” (4–6; 78–79). This, indeed, is an advantage. In
Dead Sea Discoveries – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
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